out-of-pocket costs

Some insurers and employers are tapping into assistance programs meant for individual patients. The concern: Some costly drugs could be harder for patients to access.

Cancer patients shopping on federal and state insurance marketplaces often find it difficult to determine whether their drugs are covered and how much…

Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults who were insured all last year lacked adequate protection from big medical bills based on their income, according to…

South Florida's Miami Children's Hospital has revised its pricing documents given to patients to better reflect the costs of medical care, according to…

For Patricia Gannon of Dunedin, a medical credit card seemed the answer to an expensive dental procedure she couldn’t afford. The dentist's assistant…

One rule of the Affordable Care Act that has been delayed for a year limits the amount that a patient has to spend on so-called "out-of-pocket" costs --…